Alternate!!! Crying all day!!!

2bNurseArrica · Jun 22, 2008

Icaria,

Of course I will be your fight partner. We can get through together. Some kind of way everything will work out.

Icaria · Jun 22, 2008

Icaria,
Of course I will be your fight partner. We can get through together. Some kind of way everything will work out.

Thanks Arrica. Really I should be glad I at least got chosen as an alternate. Several of my friends didn't make it at all and they were just one point below me. Not sure how your school does it, but mine goes by a point system. I just really hope I am not to far down that list of 12. Do you know how many alternate there are at your school?

zippidydoula · Jun 22, 2008

I can definately relate to your situation. I have been there. Don't give up. Everything happens for a reason. I was rejected last year for the RN program but accepted in a tech school for an LPN program. Right before the program started (2 days) my funding fell through. I was so upset but I took a few more courses that I thought would be helpful towards my BSN in the future. At the end of the semister I had two deaths in my immediate family and surgery. I took an Incomplete for one of the classes. I knew that I could not have passed through the nursing program with all of the mess going on. (not saying that something bad is going to happen to you)

This spring I graduated with honors and a general AS then applied to two RN programs. I got my first acceptance letter a few weeks ago and the second a few days ago.

Please don't give up. If there are other courses or things that you can do to increase your odds of acceptance next time , try to work on them. Good luck I hope you feel better.

Music in My Heart · Jun 22, 2008

Hello All,
Well I got my letter today and I am alternate #13. I suppose that it is better than not getting accepted at all but I really feel as though its over. This so stressful. I cant stop crying.....This was so important to me. For those of you that were in my shoes, how did you find the courage and strength to continue?
Arrica

We had four people on our initially accepted list of 24 (a rate of 17%) choose not to attend our program. One gal didn't get into the program until 2 weeks before classes started... someone bailed at the last minute.

You may make it yet.

If not, keep your chin up and keep at it. It takes a lot of people 2-3 tries to get their slot.

Ambitiouz · Jun 22, 2008

I know how you feel. I been through rejection twice from two different schools and was alternate #41, not too good. I wanted to die but I lived and so will you. I had to keep applying to other schools and eventually was accepted. You are high on the alternate list, so don't give up, people do decline seats. Begin finding alternate plans to get to your goal. It can be done. PLease pray about it, that is the number one thing that got me through my previous rejections. He will guide you to where you should be. Good Luck.

Becca_Anne · Jun 27, 2008

You may still get in. I was an Alternate and felt horrible too. I had resigned myself to taking classes that would get non nursing requirements out of the way, and taking the class I didn't ace over again to increase my chances for next year.

I just got the call yesterday that I was offered a spot! So keep your chin up you might get in even a week before the term starts. People decide to go to different schools and you never know you could be very high on the alternate list. I would definately have a backup plan and apply several different places if that is possible for next year.

Good luck!!!

ms.futureRN86 · Jun 27, 2008

Hello! I know how difficult it is to feel rejected...I actually received a rejection letter and not an alternate letter the first time that I applied to the program.See, with an alternate letter there is still hope...there will always be people that will end up dropping the program....and you have to remember, if it's meant to be at this particular time...nothing will stop it from happening. One of my favorite phrases of all time is, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again". Even if you do not get chosen this time around, if it is your dream and what you really want, you will try that much harder next time...and you will get in!! Good luck to you!! and don't give up!!

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obicurn · Jun 27, 2008

Gonna tell this story in hopes that it lifts your spirits a bit. I had orientation for my RN program yesterday. They grouped us all together along with the incoming LPN students to give us all the info. They had a stipulation in the acceptance letter that if you didn't attend the orientation, you lose your spot.

They checked off our names as we entered and at 10am, they started calling names. If that person wasn't present, their name got crossed off. After all that was done, they called 3 more names and all those people were present. Then they said

"The three of you are now in the ASN program."

You have to remember as an alternate....you made the grades but there weren't enough seats. There will be some that don't show for orientation. There will be some that applied to many different schools and decided to take a spot somewhere else. Thn there will be some that were accepted but can't pay.

There was a gal on here the other day that was alternate 13 I believe, and she ended up getting in. Chin up....all hope is not yet lost!

missjennmb · Jun 27, 2008

FWIW you may still have a shot. We had to take our entrance test before getting our acceptance letters, but in EVERY testing we had (there were atleast 5 different dates) they signed up 20 people (that was the max per date) and only a very few got in. The first testing before mine, only ONE out of 20 passed the test!! I'm glad though selfishly because that was serious motivation to study.

If it was me I would just keep applying to various schools if thats an option and work on any non-nursing classes.

KEEP MOVING FORWARD. thats my motto. You may not be right where you want to be, but if you keep moving forward, you are atleast a little bit closer to your goal, and think of all the stress you'll miss out on by not having to take the gen ed classes on top of nursing courses.

MisStake · Jun 27, 2008

Don't give up hope. I was alternate #17 (really, really bad odds there) and I got in! 12 people who got in (out of the 45) decided not to take their spot, and 5 people (or more, I don't really know) failed the TEAS, and I got in!! So, it can, and does, happen! Have a little faith. I had pretty much resigned myself that I was not going to be able to be a nurse (this was my 3rd time applying, and all my classes start to expire so I couldn't even reapply next year). I cried and cried for DAYS. My point is, just try to be positive, because you never know what can happen!!!!